The car stereo was playing upbeat music, and his fingertips were tapping the steering wheel to the rhythm. However, Fujiwara Yu, who was in charge of driving, did not have much musical talent. At least none of the beats matched the drum beats, which was a strange talent.

Hattori Heiji, who was sitting in the passenger seat, never stopped talking since he got in the car. Sometimes he talked about what happened at school, and sometimes he started to recommend several detective novels he had read recently. He just praised the male protagonist in the book for how smart and handsome he was, and how he was an ideal detective mentor.

As for Toyama Heye, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, he was staring hard at the map in his hand and making correct commands from time to time. He was much more reliable than the dark-skinned boy sitting in the passenger seat.

"Wow, the cherry blossoms are blooming here. I feel like spring break is almost over."

Hattori Heiji rolled down the car window, and the cherry blossoms blew into the car with the breeze. A few of them were stuck on the wipers, and they were reluctant to leave no matter how the wind blew.

Cherry blossoms? Sure enough, for Japanese people, the first thing that comes to mind when they see cherry blossoms is the start of school and graduation.

Fujiwara Yu's mood also reached its peak as the song reached its climax. He held the steering wheel with one hand and reached to the side with the other hand. Hattori Heiji then handed him a cup of iced lemon tea that he had just bought from a street drink shop.

"Brother Yingsi, there is actually a secret I have never told you."

Fujiwara Yuu raised his eyebrows at the sudden secret declaration. He sipped his lemon tea, biting the straw halfway as he tried to perk up a bit:

"Oh, what a secret."

"I decided to register for marriage after I graduate from junior high school."

Fujiwara Yu glanced at Hattori Heiji's facial expression indifferently. He was serious and shy when he said this, which showed that he had thought about this idea.

But it was obvious that this brat was trying to fool him. After all, it was April Fools' Day, so everyone wanted to play a harmless joke... and he was quite happy to join in.

"Oh, are you finally going to confess to me?"

"puff--"

Hattori Heiji didn't burst out laughing. He stared with his eyes wide open in disbelief at what he heard. The one who really burst out laughing was Toyama Kazuha, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, listening intently to how Heiji lied. She had never expected that Toji-kun would respond like that.

Seeing that Hattori Heiji didn't react, Fujiwara Yuu pressed on and said:

"Why, do you still want me to confess to you first?"

"No, no, no, no, no, Brother Yingsi, are you serious? You, you, you, you don't like it..."

Fujiwara Yu rolled his eyes, his tone even revealing a hint of straight male disdain, and said calmly:

"Of course it's fake. You already know it's April Fools' Day, how could you fall for it?"

"Hehe, doesn't it often happen that people use April Fool's Day to tell the truth about things that they can't say in normal times?" Hattori Heiji laughed dryly and felt that his reaction was a bit too intense. There was nothing he could do about it, because Toji-kun's acting was very good, and he said it so seriously that I almost believed it.

This is my merit in the first year of my life.

It’s not so much the turtle shell that’s powerful, but rather the experience accumulated over so many years of life that’s more powerful.

Hattori Heiji is still too young, and in terms of shamelessness, he is really not as thick-skinned as the older Touji Sosuke.

"Wait, wait!" Toyama Kazuha interrupted their conversation. Blinking her gossipy eyes, she quickly grasped the key point: "Who were you referring to when Heiji left unfinished just now? Brother Takashi, do you have someone you like? Is it that beautiful sister named Saito Masami from Lake of Sad Love?"

Fujiwara Yuu almost stepped on the brakes when he heard the words "Saito Masami". He couldn't understand how these two little brats could easily see through the fact that he liked Miyano Akemi.

Didn't I cover it up well enough? This won't do. If someone in the organization sees it, it will cause trouble.

"Brother Yingsi, can you speak?"

"Now that you've said that, what else can I say?"

Fujiwara Yuu glanced speechlessly at the smirking Hattori Heiji. Was this guy doing this on purpose? Absolutely.

Listening to the two minors beside him still mumbling about their secret crushes, he almost rolled his eyes to the top of his head.

If there were some things he couldn't say, he really wanted to complain: You two should just mind your own business. You haven't even figured out that you like each other, but you're already gossiping about adults' love affairs.

But this is also good.

Driving from Osaka to Tottori Prefecture with two chattering kids by my side, it felt a bit like a self-driving tour.

But this idea was dispelled after three hours.

Fujiwara Yuu never expected that Toyama Kazuha was a bit of a directionally challenged person. When they arrived at the forest in Tottori Prefecture, they started spinning around wildly... This was the fourth time he had seen this unknown tree with a broken waist.

"Brother Yingsi, are we lost?"

Toyama Kazuha leaned on the car window and looked around. She could understand the map before, but her sense of direction became confused after entering the forest. In addition, the map was not drawn clearly enough, so now she had no idea where she was and how far she was from her destination, the Takeda family.

"Maybe he got lost." Fujiwara Yu, who always felt he had bad luck, looked very calm. He fixed his eyes on the dashboard and said slowly, "But I have some bad news. The gas is running low."

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